Penal Law § 270.10 · Article 270. Other Offenses Relating to Public Safety
Creating a hazard
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§ 270.10 Creating a hazard.
A person is guilty of creating a hazard when:
1. Having discarded in any place where it might attract children, a container which has a compartment of more than one and one-half cubic feet capacity and a door or lid which locks or fastens automatically when closed and which cannot easily be opened from the inside, he fails to remove the door, lid, locking or fastening device; or
2. Being the owner or otherwise having possession of property upon which an abandoned well or cesspool is located, he fails to cover the same with suitable protective construction.
Creating a hazard is a class B misdemeanor.
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